Here is a breakdown on all the influences for the for previous seasons of FX’s American Horror Story. All of the listed items are based on true stories and real people who inspired the horrific TV series. Many of the inspired stories were from serial killers or famous murders which include Black Dahlia, Richard Speck, Ed Gein, Delphine Lalaurie, The Axeman, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, and H. H. Holmes. All surrounded by horrific events and circumstances. Season 6 of American Horror Story premieres on September 14, 2016.

Official Synopsis: Both physical and psychological horrors affect a decomposing family, workers and residents of an insane asylum, a coven of witches, a cast of circus freaks, the employees and guests at a struggling hotel, a family who moved into a mysterious farmhouse, and the members of a small suburb in Michigan in this haunting anthology series, focusing on the themes of infidelity, sanity, oppression, discrimination, addiction, and exploitation.